A story for you

Please share my joy as I relate some recent events in my life.

In 1971 my parents took me from Michigan to Abilene, TX to stay in a home for unwed mothers. In August of that year, I gave birth to a boy, signed the papers and Mom and Dad took me back home. It was never mentioned again in our home. I did tell Bob about it before we were married. After Mom died I contacted the agency and filled out the papers just in case the young man ever wanted to locate me.

About a month ago I got a letter from the agency saying that they had been contacted by the young man. They then forwarded a letter to me that he had written. I immediately sent back a letter to be forwarded to him, had some release forms notarized and waited. On March 17, I received the call I had been waiting for for 36 1/2 years! His name is Matthew Meyer. He is married to a girl he met while in the Army in Germany and has 3 children. He lives in Texas about 2 1/2 hours south of me.

Last Saturday we met! He is currently in the Navy and is a recruiter. Beth and Amanda want to meet him. Nathan isn't saying how he feels and Bob wants nothing to do with it. (I told each of the kids about his existence when they were each about 18 years old). Marilyn and Neil are both happy for me and would like to meet him.

I am so grateful to God for this reunion. I never expected it but always hoped.

I wanted my 3 closest cousins to share in my joy and I hope you can. His mother has done a wonderful job raising him (his parents divorced when he was 2 and he was raised by just his mother). He was a great sense of humor, is allergic to penicillin like me and doesn't like heights especially bridges just like me. I think he is a great addition to the family. Hope you feel the same.

Love, Kathleen

Please share my joy as I relate some recent events in my life.

In 1971 my parents took me from Michigan to Abilene, TX to stay in a home for unwed mothers. In August of that year, I gave birth to a boy, signed the papers and Mom and Dad took me back home. It was never mentioned again in our home. I did tell Bob about it before we were married. After Mom died I contacted the agency and filled out the papers just in case the young man ever wanted to locate me.

About a month ago I got a letter from the agency saying that they had been contacted by the young man. They then forwarded a letter to me that he had written. I immediately sent back a letter to be forwarded to him, had some release forms notarized and waited. On March 17, I received the call I had been waiting for for 36 1/2 years! His name is Matthew Meyer. He is married to a girl he met while in the Army in Germany and has 3 children. He lives in Texas about 2 1/2 hours south of me.

Last Saturday we met! He is currently in the Navy and is a recruiter. Beth and Amanda want to meet him. Nathan isn't saying how he feels and Bob wants nothing to do with it. (I told each of the kids about his existence when they were each about 18 years old). Marilyn and Neil are both happy for me and would like to meet him.

I am so grateful to God for this reunion. I never expected it but always hoped.

I wanted my 3 closest cousins to share in my joy and I hope you can. His mother has done a wonderful job raising him (his parents divorced when he was 2 and he was raised by just his mother). He was a great sense of humor, is allergic to penicillin like me and doesn't like heights especially bridges just like me. I think he is a great addition to the family. Hope you feel the same.

Love, Kathleen

Please share my joy as I relate some recent events in my life.

In 1971 my parents took me from Michigan to Abilene, TX to stay in a home for unwed mothers. In August of that year, I gave birth to a boy, signed the papers and Mom and Dad took me back home. It was never mentioned again in our home. I did tell Bob about it before we were married. After Mom died I contacted the agency and filled out the papers just in case the young man ever wanted to locate me.

About a month ago I got a letter from the agency saying that they had been contacted by the young man. They then forwarded a letter to me that he had written. I immediately sent back a letter to be forwarded to him, had some release forms notarized and waited. On March 17, I received the call I had been waiting for for 36 1/2 years! His name is Matthew Meyer. He is married to a girl he met while in the Army in Germany and has 3 children. He lives in Texas about 2 1/2 hours south of me.

Last Saturday we met! He is currently in the Navy and is a recruiter. Beth and Amanda want to meet him. Nathan isn't saying how he feels and Bob wants nothing to do with it. (I told each of the kids about his existence when they were each about 18 years old). Marilyn and Neil are both happy for me and would like to meet him.

I am so grateful to God for this reunion. I never expected it but always hoped.

I wanted my 3 closest cousins to share in my joy and I hope you can. His mother has done a wonderful job raising him (his parents divorced when he was 2 and he was raised by just his mother). He was a great sense of humor, is allergic to penicillin like me and doesn't like heights especially bridges just like me. I think he is a great addition to the family. Hope you feel the same.

Love, Kathleen

Please share my joy as I relate some recent events in my life.

In 1971 my parents took me from Michigan to Abilene, TX to stay in a home for unwed mothers. In August of that year, I gave birth to a boy, signed the papers and Mom and Dad took me back home. It was never mentioned again in our home. I did tell Bob about it before we were married. After Mom died I contacted the agency and filled out the papers just in case the young man ever wanted to locate me.

About a month ago I got a letter from the agency saying that they had been contacted by the young man. They then forwarded a letter to me that he had written. I immediately sent back a letter to be forwarded to him, had some release forms notarized and waited. On March 17, I received the call I had been waiting for for 36 1/2 years! His name is Matthew Meyer. He is married to a girl he met while in the Army in Germany and has 3 children. He lives in Texas about 2 1/2 hours south of me.

Last Saturday we met! He is currently in the Navy and is a recruiter. Beth and Amanda want to meet him. Nathan isn't saying how he feels and Bob wants nothing to do with it. (I told each of the kids about his existence when they were each about 18 years old). Marilyn and Neil are both happy for me and would like to meet him.

I am so grateful to God for this reunion. I never expected it but always hoped.

I wanted my 3 closest cousins to share in my joy and I hope you can. His mother has done a wonderful job raising him (his parents divorced when he was 2 and he was raised by just his mother). He was a great sense of humor, is allergic to penicillin like me and doesn't like heights especially bridges just like me. I think he is a great addition to the family. Hope you feel the same.

Love, Kathleen

I'm so happy for you Kathleen. Thanks for sharing this with us all.

What a wonderful story! I do indeed share you joy with you, Kathleen. And how have you been lately besides this? We miss you.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Kathleen, I'm so very happy for you. We adopted our son at birth 30 years ago and have shared in his joy, when at age 22, right after college, he searched for his birth mother and found her about 2 hours north us us. He had been raised as an only child and now has 2 younger sisters, one of whom is the light of his life.

This process can be painful for many involved, but for us, it was the answer to my prayers. Every day I had prayed that the two could be reunited someday and have a wonderful, fulfilling relationship and that's what God gave us.

You've been blessed also, enjoy the new possibilities.

Denise in NH

You must really be thrilled Kathleen. I have 2 adopted sisters and one found her biological mother. I would just caution that this will stir a lot of emotion in everyone involved. That is the good and the bad though ; ) My sister's bio mom has become like an old family friend. My dad talks to her occasionally and we were all able to meet her at the family picnic a few years ago. I hope you are able to work something out that is comfortable for all your kids and dh. Taria

Bob & Kathleen wrote:

How wonderful to have found a missing piece of your life. I wish you lots of good times. Hugs, Linda in Tx

Dear Kathleen,

What a joyful occasion! My mother also gave up a child before she married my dad. It is a pain she has always carried.

I see that you say Bob wants nothing to do with it. I hope you can take time to make him feel secure. It would be tragic to gain a son and lose a husband. I'm certain with time he will come to see your son as a "step-son" and that your family can enlarge to include all those new people.

You are blessed to be a new mother!

Love and hugs, Sunny

Thank you for sharing your happiness with us. Our family is blessed with several adopted children and I often wonder if their birth mothers realize what an enormous gift of life and love they've given. Polly

Thank you for sharing that great story. I was adopted almost 61 years ago when I was 9 days old. I never met my birth parents, but I never had the desire. I grew up knowing I was adopted, and always considered them my parents. I feel certain that my parents knew at least the mother. My parents adopted another child - a boy - when I was 9. The mother worked for my father, had a 6 year old daughter, was separated from her husband, and just could not keep the child. She and her husband were trying to get back together, and he would not go back unless she gave the child up for adoption. It probably was not his child. My adoption and my brothers were private adoptions handled by lawyers. My parents are both deceased, and they would never have told me anything about my birth mother, but I had no desire to know. Thanks again for sharing such a great story.

Sherry Starr

Thank you so much for sharing your story - it's so wonderful that you were able to find each other! I hope that with time your whole family will be at ease with this change and able to embrace their new family member(s!)

Steph

Kathleen, that's just wonderful! I'm so happy for you to have finally realized your dream. :)

Such love has come your way! God works in mysterious ways and I'm sure much happiness is coming to you all.

Donna

You're an inspiration, Denise.

Donna in WA

How wondereful, congratulations to the whole family.

My husband is adopted and we met his birth mother the year he turned 50. He had a great reunion with the family but sadly his mother's adopted daughter (she could never conceive after his birth) gave her an ultimatum, me or him and we now don't see her any more. That hasn't lessened the love that was there and we never tried to force them into continuing the communication. The main thing from their meeting is that the 'not knowing' has gone and a kind of peace has been established.

Love him to bits, as well as his family.

Best wishes for happy times ahead.